Kill
Poison
Poison verb - Kill with poison.
Usage example: She poisoned her husband
Kill and poison are semantically related in contaminate topic. Sometimes you can use "Kill" instead the word "Poison" as a verb or a noun, if it concerns topics such as give someone poison.
How words are described
| special | special kill | special poison |
| particular | particular kill | particular poison |
| certain | certain kill | certain poison |
| single | single kill | single poison |
| Other adjectives: powerful, actual, real, dark, multiple, literal. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- Lethal Chef: While you get the odd literal example (someone versed in both the culinary and murderlating arts), Spycee of the Piranas, while distressingly talented with a knife, lacks the ability to make... food that doesn't kill or poison people.
Source: Video Game / Urban Rivals -
Framed for murder and in FBI custody, the only way to save him is to poison and kill him, then snatch the body in the morgue and inject him with an antidote.
Source: Series / Nikita -
Beware the Nice Ones: Cinder's personality can be that of a good and obedient girl, but she is still able to poison and kill Carmosa to become the head of the household.
Source: Visual Novel / Cinders
Cite this Source
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